St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-22

lie volunteered TO go to the rescue of
Greedy in command of one of the YES
sells. He went. AS those naval heroes
went further North their fires burned
more constantly and brightly. They
covered their bare skins with bear skins
and deiied Boreas, Aeolus, EuruS, and
all those other windy kings who blow
such cold breathS. Greely was found
and returned to this city,
AND WILLIE WAS A HERO
second only to Schley, who suffered
with him by the fires inside the warm
ship. Well, last March the ThetiS, one
OF the best ships in the navy for deep
sea SOundings and other light duty,
sailed for Alaskan waters. Prior to
that some eight months Willie was de-
tailed to command the Thetis. During
those months he resided in New York
and led society by the ear, or ears, as he
chose. The Thetis, worth 100000, was
repaired" to the tune of about S50.000
i'll order to properly fit her for sea. The
repairs" consisted largely. it is said, of
elegant furnishings. But time went by
as time will 90, and the Thetis sailed
March "a, 1887, bound for Alaskan
waters to protect American seal from
foreign depredationS. Secretary Whit
ney has had so many larger things to
care for that he has almost forgotten
Willie. But recently it has been sug-
gested to him that, although out of
sight, Willie ought not to be out of
mind, and that he should look after
him. Mr.. Whitney has looked. He sees
that Willie sailed from New York to
Hampton Roads and arrived there in
the height of the social season at Fort
Monroe. There the Thetis stayed until
she got good and ready to go, and her
officers danced the lancers and lanced
the dancers with their flirting eyes. But
as the time went by it became necessary
for the Thetis to hasten to
LOOK AFTER THOSE SEALS.
Hence she sailed for Barbados, and
struck another height of season. and
loafed bit there also. Rio Janiero,
PernambucO and other South American
ports were touched, and the height of
the season detained the Thetis at every
point. Now she is at Valparaiso, and
the officers are having "hell of time"
as an official expressed it. Willie eX-
poets to reach San Francisco about the
1St of December, and remain there all
winter. In the springtime. when the
flowers bloom, the ThetiS will probably
Wend her way AlaSkaward, provided
Willie gets good and ready. Otherwise
she will stay i'll San Francisco indeti-
nitely. But those seals must be pro-
tected. The American fishermen must
be protected. The laws must be upheld.
viii Mr.. Whitney dare say anything
against the conduct of Willie? That is
the cOnundrum now agitating the minds
of officials in the navy department. In
dicatfons are that Mr.. Whitney dares to
do whatever he thinks is right, and has
no fear of Willie nor his influences. Ii
ic nrf i'm l1JfI nd
American interests to be jeopardiZed
merely to crafty his pleasures. as is
alleged by an official on the inside, then
Mr.. Whitney will be as likely to order
Willie home and put another in COM
mand as he will be to smoke his ma
tutinal cigar. 1t is alleged that he has
a rod in pickle now for Willie. If it be
so Willie will feel it. MI Whitney
never pickles rods for his health.
Enough Offices to Go Around.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The regular
report is here again to the effect that a
receiver is soon to be appointed at the
Grand Forks land office. The report is
full-bearded, and its whiskerS are gray.
No appointment can be made until
Lamar gets back from his vacation, on
Oct. l; and at that time Cleveland will
be so busy getting ready to swing
around the circle that he cannot spare
any time for appointments. Tom
White, j. III. Hill and Judge Bangs
will all be provided with offices, but not
Immediately. Fortunately for Cleve-
lands foresight, which is better than
the hindsight of many older politicians,
there will be offices enough to go
around among the elect and predes-
tinated. But let patience have her per-
feet work. The fat presidential Office
which is said to be dangling over the
head of III. NJ. Day is, like the dagger
of Macbeth, a mere fgment of the
imagination of some Shakespeare,
Donnelly or Bacon in embryo. There
is no such office on tap for Day; and, if
there were, he would not touch it with
a ten-foot pole. Beg pardon; there is
an Office which Day would take; but it
is not likely that he will get it. He has
said that he would accept a certain
Office, but the saying has been confiden-
tial. Possibly that may have been the
foundation of the rumOr that he is to
have sop thrown to him. But it is
untrue.
Worth an Inquiry.
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